Education

Donny Thompson, Exec. Dir.

"Jammin' With JOI" Provides Students with Fun, Relaxed, and Supportive Free Summer Program

Jazz Outreach Initiative's popular free summer program, "Jammin' With JOI," returns on Wednesday May 29 through Wednesday July 31, 2024. ...

Donny Thompson, Exec. Dir.

Jazz Trumpet Master, Mike Vax Joins the JOI Jazz Orchestra at Notoriety and Clinics the LVYJO!

Notoriety Performance - Wednesday Sept. 20 - 7:30pm Jazz Outreach Initiative brings the best big band jazz entertainment to Downtown Las...

Donny Thompson, M.S., NPA

Las Vegas Regional Essentially Ellington and Band Director Academy Registrations Now Open!

Band and Band Director Registrations Now Open for the 2024 Las Vegas Regional Essentially Ellington High School Jazz Band Festival and...

Donny Thompson, M.S., NPA

Jazz for Young People Returns to CCSD Thanks to a Project Grant from Nevada Humanities

Jazz Outreach Initiative was pleased to receive grant funds from Nevada Humanities and the National Endowment for the Humanities to...

Donny Thompson, M.S., NPA

Join Las Vegas Youth Jazz Orchestra Spring 2023!

The Las Vegas Youth Orchestra Is holding placement auditions! RSVP HERE FOR YOUR AUDITION TIME SLOT AT: https://www.jazzoutreachinitiativ...

Donny Thompson, M.S., NPA

Fred & Gladys Katen Family Trust Becomes Major Sponsor of Vegas Regional Essentially Ellington

Corporate Sponsors Still Needed for Nation's Largest Essentially Ellington Regional High School Jazz Band Festival In Las Vegas Licensed...

Donny Thompson, M.S., NPA

Jazz Outreach Initiative and Nevada School of the Arts Announce New Collaborative Relationship

This week at Nevada School of the Arts, Jazz Outreach Initiative announced a collaborative agreement to host a portion of Jazz Outreach...

Donny Thompson, M.S., NPA

"JOI of Arranging with Rachel Eckroth" Course Series Announced by Jazz Outreach Initiative!

Polymath (noun): a person of wide-ranging knowledge or learning. Music needs a term for this. What do you call one person who is a...